How was the Double-Decker Hamburger born? Today we talk about Big Boy, in all it’s different regional chains. Not exactly fast food but, as you will hear, they may be getting back to that.

Find out how a 10 stool hamburger stand turned in to a National brand and even international. (279 in Japan Still). Also, how “Big Boy” has two completely separate companies today that hold the trademark for Big Boy.

Making of the Big Boy in different “Big Boy” Restaurants

You shouldn’t have fast food for every meal, or even every day, but you can enjoy it in moderation and keep your health in check. Enjoy! and thanks for listening!

The Coney Island Dog is NOT the Coney Island dogs sold by Nathan’s and others on Coney Island in New York, but the hotdogs sold across Michigan and other places by Greek and Macedonian immigrants. Chili (or coney sauce) on a quality hotdog with Onions and Yellow Mustard (Catchup is for Fries!)

Coney Island Hotdogs are available Mostly in Michigan, but also in Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas mostly. Also in Vegas at the D Casino (American Coney).

Anyone remember the Kewpee Hotel Hamburger Chain? Me either, but it turned into a great local chain in the SE Michigan (Flint) area. Today on Fast Food History, we learn about the Halo Burger chain and how it came from the Kewpee Burger chain.

Ground Beef and Bread, put it together and you get a fast food staple. Find out who claims to have invented the hamburger, some famous burgers and the world’s most expensive burger.

The word hamburger comes from Hamburg, Germany’s second-largest city. In German, Burg means “castle”. The word HAM in hamburger is from the old German word hamma, which is a bend in a river. The word Hamburger in German is someone from Hamburg, similar to frankfurter and wiener, names for other meat-based foods they stand for someone from Frankfurt and Vienna (Wien).

The subject of a movie and the place that was responsible for the popularization of the Hamburger. Voted Time Magazine’s most influential burger joint, America’s first fast food place, White Castle. Today on Fast food history.

White Castle is privately held, debt-free and has been run by the same family for nearly 100 years. Starting in 1921, White Castle has grown to around 420 stores in the Midwest, Greater New York City area, and Las Vegas.

Next week: The History of the Hamburger. Find out who invented it, and when. (likely 4 or 5 different stories)

Just remember, Fast food is NOT good for you every day or for every meal. ENJOY fast food responsibly! Everything in moderation.

What do Car Factories, Hockey, Baseball, mushrooms and the Civil Rights movement have to do with Little Caesars Pizza? Find out today on Fast Food History.

Today we go over the history of the fastest growing pizza chain in the world. We also talk about Mike Ilitch, founder of Little Caesars and how Little Caesars Pizza and Ilitch Holdings Inc. are a very giving company.

Of course, we are starting with the big one… With 36,900 McDonald’s locations is by far the king of fast food in the world. Only Subway has more locations, but McDonald’s is a much bigger brand with much larger sales than Subway.

McDonald’s is the quintessential fast food place. It might not have been the first and it may not be the best, but if you grew up anytime in the last 60 years, you have grown up with McDonald’s in one way or another and we talk about it’s history today on Fast Food History.

Thanks for listening to Fast Food History, the first episode.

Next week: Little Caesar’s Pizza, who launched the first Detroit-style deep dish pizza that is available nationwide.

Welcome to the podcast about Fast Food History. This is one of the first projects, I’ve done, that is not Tech or Podcast related. Just something I’ve spent a lot of time reading about.

As a fast food connoisseur, I really like digging into the history of these places (past and present). I’ve spent hours on the net researching and reading about the history of these places. I plan on doing 1 fast-food chain (or even a single local place) every week.

So make sure you hit the appropriate button or link to subscribe to this feed and you will never miss an episode.

Of course, if you have a suggestion of a place I should research and do an episode about, contact me. mike@mikedell.com

Just remember, Fast food is NOT good for you every day or for every meal. ENJOY fast food responsibly! Everything in moderation.

Fast Food History is apodcast about all the fast food places you drive by or remember from the past. History of a new chain, or in some cases a
single location, of fast food restaurants past and present.